Lezghian etymology :

Proto-Lezghian: *q:ʷal (~ -l:)

North Caucasian etymology: North Caucasian etymology

Meaning: side

Lezghian: q:ʷal

Tabasaran: ʁʷal

Agul: q:ʷal

Comment: Cf. also Tab. Düb. q:ʷal, Ag. Fit. q:ʷal id. Obl. stem *q:ʷala- (cf. Lezg. q:ʷala-, Tab. ʁʷala-).

North Caucasian etymology :

Proto-North Caucasian: *Gw[ü̆]ɫŏ (~-ǝ̆)

Sino-Caucasian etymology: Sino-Caucasian etymology

Meaning: side

Proto-Avaro-Andian: *ʁʷVlV

Proto-Lezghian: *q:ʷal

Proto-West Caucasian: *(bǝ)ʁ́ʷV

Notes: The comparison is reliable both phonetically and semantically. There is some uncertainty about the vocalic reconstruction (since there are general doubts about the vowel reconstructed as *ü).

Avar-Andian etymology :

Protoform: *ʁʷVlV

North Caucasian etymology: North Caucasian etymology

Meaning: side, slope (of mountain)

Avar: ʁʷel

Comments: Av. paradigm C (loc. ʁoló-da, pl. ʁúl-dul).

Abkhaz-Adyghe etymology :

Proto-West-Caucasian: *(bǝ)ʁ́ʷV

North Caucasian etymology: North Caucasian etymology

Meaning: side

Adyghe: bʁʷǝ

Kabardian: bʁʷǝ

Ubykh: ʁ́a-ḳ́á

Comments: PAK *bʁʷǝ; the Ub. form contains a frequent singular suffix -ḳ́(a). Shagirov (1977) compares the AK form to PAT *ɣʷǝ 'board', Ub. ʁʷǝ 'post' (PWC *Gʷǝ), which seems much less trustworthy. The initial *b- of the PAK form is a historical prefix.

Sino-Caucasian etymology :

Proto-Sino-Caucasian: *GwVɫŏ

Meaning: side; half

North Caucasian: *Gw[ü̆]ɫŏ (~-ǝ̆)

Yenisseian: *χɔlab

Comments and references : HGC 26, WFR 35, LV C8. PST *qālH 'burden, back' should be rather compared with PNC *χ_[ä]lʔV `burden, load' (see *[χ]VlʔV). 5th tone in Ket may reflect *-ʔ-, which would contradict lax type in NC, but may also be a misrecording or also a secondary influence of the root *[χ]V́lʔV.

Yenisseian etymology :

Proto-Yenisseian: *χɔlab

Sino-Caucasian etymology: Sino-Caucasian etymology

Meaning: side, half

Ket: qɔĺap⁵

Yug: xɔlap⁵

Kottish: halap, pl. -aŋ "half"

Arin: qubur- / qurbur- in qubur-saj (М., Сл.), qurbur-saj (Кл.) "midnight"

Pumpokol: kólpar (Сл., Кл.), kolpar (Срсл.) "back"

Comments: ССЕ 304. The root should be distinguished from *χɔb- "back" (q. v.), although they could interact. On the other hand, *χɔlap "side" is difficult to separate from *χol- "cheek" (q.v.) - so the original protoform should be possibly reconstructed as *χolap (with Kott. halap < *holap through assimilation). Werner 2, 99 <*qolǝp>; doubts the attribution of the Arin and Pump. forms, which, I think, is hardly justified.

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